[Intro]
Back row, I see you
Far gate, I hear you
High hands, low wages
Same fire, same stages

[Verse]
The People in the Cheap Seats came after work
Shoes still dusty, shirts still hurt
Bought one ticket with a week of care
Now they’re singing revolution in the open air
They ain’t in the boxes with the perfect view
They ain’t got a name on a sponsor cue
But they know every word that the real life writes
And they glow like stars in the back floodlights

[Pre-Chorus]
Turn the speakers to the hillside
Turn the horns to the street
Every revolution needs
The People in the Cheap Seats

[Chorus]
The People in the Cheap Seats
Make the whole world move
The People in the Cheap Seats
Got nothing left to prove
From the back row thunder
To the front row heat
The heart of the night is
The People in the Cheap Seats

[Verse]
There’s a boy with his sister on a borrowed coat
There’s a grandma singing every single note
There’s a worker with a sign rolled under one arm
There’s a couple still dancing through the alarm
They don’t need a spotlight to own this song
They held the beat when the road got long
If the stage falls down and the power leaves
The crowd still breathes what the heart believes

[Pre-Chorus]
Turn the speakers to the hillside
Turn the horns to the street
Every revolution needs
The People in the Cheap Seats

[Chorus]
The People in the Cheap Seats
Make the whole world move
The People in the Cheap Seats
Got nothing left to prove
From the back row thunder
To the front row heat
The heart of the night is
The People in the Cheap Seats

[Instrumental]
Handclaps rising, brass in bloom
Bassline dancing through the room
Drums keep steady, choir repeats
Love to The People in the Cheap Seats

[Bridge]
No seat too far for the truth to fly
No voice too small for the open sky
No name too plain for the song we need
No heart too tired to plant the seed

[Breakdown]
Back row
Stand up
Side gate
Stand up
Hilltop
Stand up
Everybody stand up

[Build-up]
From the cheap seats up to the moon
From the food line back to the tune
From the last bus home to the city streets
We sing for The People in the Cheap Seats

[Chorus]
The People in the Cheap Seats
Make the whole world move
The People in the Cheap Seats
Got nothing left to prove
From the back row thunder
To the front row heat
The heart of the night is
The People in the Cheap Seats

[Chorus]
The People in the Cheap Seats
Make the whole world move
The People in the Cheap Seats
Got nothing left to prove
From the back row thunder
To the front row heat
The heart of the night is
The People in the Cheap Seats

[Outro]
Back row, I see you
Far gate, I hear you
When history keeps the beat
It starts in the cheap seats